The Trump administration made demands to Nevada regarding the counting of ballots from people who may not be citizens.
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The Fox News RundownOct 23, 2026
The Trump administration sent Nevada demands tied to its list of possible noncitizen voters, including the DHS claim of 15,903 noncitizens and later reduction to 185 names, and it demanded that ballots from flagged individuals be handled as the post describes in other states.
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… Last week, the Justice Department sued California, arguing the state should not count the ballots of roughly 20,000 people who may not be citizens. The president wrote on TRUTH Social that counting those ballots could result in jail time. They made similar demands in Nevada. In a recent speech in New Hampshire, California Governor Gavin Newsom reacted: "We have got to fight fire with fire. We've got to be tougher. We've got to be more aggressive. We do. I want to go high when they go low, I do, but you know what? …
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Supports. Reuters reports the Trump administration sent letters to election officials in five states, including Nevada, saying it identified noncitizens on their voter rolls.[1]
Supports. Bloomberg reports that recent administration demands that California and Nevada set aside ballots of suspected non-citizens were challenged in a Democratic lawsuit.[3]
Supports. A Democratic committee letter states DHS demanded Nevada officials act on a list, which DHS later reduced to 185 names, all of whom Nevada found to be citizens.[2][4]
Context. A federal judge in Nevada-related litigation cited DHS reducing its Nevada figure from 15,903 to 6,218 and then to 185, undercutting the administration's Nevada list.[5]
Context. The post's 'similar demands in Nevada' phrasing is resolved as the Nevada noncitizen voter list demands, not the California ballot-segregation order itself.[1][3]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 2 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Explainer: How Trump's noncitizen voter lists could affect the midtermsreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2[PDF] October 22, 2026 The Honorable Markwayne Mullin Secretary U.S. ...democrats-judiciary.house.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Trump Sued by Democrats Over Effort to Purge State Voter Rollsbloomberg.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 4Nevada ready to resist federal election pressure | Aguilarrgj.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Judge declines to block California from counting alleged noncitizen voters’ ballots in DOJ lawsuitnbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
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Related claims
- The Trump administration flagged 16,000 voters in Nevada as non-citizens.Mixed
- The Trump administration claimed 15,908 non-citizens were voting in Nevada, which was later reduced to 185, and all 185 were revealed to be citizens.True
- The Department of Justice subpoenaed the state of Nevada for their voter rolls.True
- The Trump administration filed a lawsuit asking a court to block Los Angeles County from counting approximately 20,000 ballots until the voters' citizenship status is proven.Mixed
- The Department of Justice requested that California election officials review a list of potential non-citizens within 48 hours and segregate the ballots of those whose citizenship cannot be confirmed.True